Areas We Serve
Design-build remodeling across Grand Rapids and the surrounding West Michigan communities we call home.
One Local Team, Every Neighborhood We Serve
Thornapple Construction is a design-build remodeler based at 619 36th St SW in Wyoming, right in the middle of the metro we serve. From that one shop, the same team handles renovations, additions, and whole-home remodels for homeowners across Kent and Ottawa counties — not a franchise network, not rotating subcontractor crews, but the people whose name is on the contract.
Founded in 2018 by Nate Fugitt and Austin Galloway, we built the company around a single idea: protect the homeowner. That shows up the same way in every city on this page. You get a fixed-price contract, so the number you agree to is the number you pay. You get in-house 3D design, so you see your project before demolition starts. You get a dedicated project manager and real-time updates through our project portal, so you are never left guessing. And you get a 2-year workmanship warranty that stands behind the finished work. We remodel where we live, and we treat every home like it belongs to a neighbor.
Ada
Ada Township sits along the Thornapple River northeast of us — stately 1980s and 90s colonials on wooded lots, 2000s custom builds, and equestrian properties on acreage. Kitchens here tend to be large and central, so a big share of our Ada work is opening them up to match the Forest Hills school district standard that drew families here.
Byron Center
Byron Center has gone from a quiet farming community to one of West Michigan's most sought-after family suburbs, a short drive south of our Wyoming office. Most of what we remodel here is either newer production-built homes needing the custom finishes the builder skipped, or established 1970s-90s homes ready for updated kitchens, baths, and finished basements.
Caledonia
About 15 miles southeast, Caledonia is one of the fastest-growing corners of Kent County — former cornfields filled in with subdivisions while the 1870s rail village still anchors downtown. That produces two very different remodels: builder-grade 2000s homes needing custom kitchens and finished basements, and older farmhouses on acreage needing careful modernization.
Cascade
Cascade Charter Township, split by the Thornapple River just east of Grand Rapids, is one of the area's most established higher-value communities. The housing skews newer than people assume, mostly 1980s-onward subdivisions, so Cascade remodels are less about fixing mid-century quirks and more about bringing quality homes up to their owners' rising expectations.
Comstock Park
Just north of the city along US-131, Comstock Park is one of the most affordable places to own in the metro, and one of the smartest to remodel rather than trade up. The stock is dominated by modest 1940s-70s bungalows and ranches with good bones but tight, walled-off floor plans. One wrinkle we handle for you: the community is split between Alpine and Plainfield Townships, so we pull permits with the right office every time.
East Grand Rapids
Built around the shoreline of Reeds Lake, EGR is compact, walkable, and full of homes that carry real history — nearly a third predate 1939, alongside a big share of 1940s-50s post-war homes near Gaslight Village. When an EGR homeowner asks to update a kitchen, they do not want the character erased, and that is exactly how we approach it.
Forest Hills
Forest Hills is really the footprint of its school district, stretching across Ada Township and northern Cascade — neighborhoods people know by shorthand like Knapp's Corner and Egypt Valley. The housing came in waves, from 1950s-60s Cape Cods on wooded lots to later executive homes off Cascade Road, and homeowners here expect a remodel that matches the standard of the district.
Gaines Township
South of Kentwood, Gaines Township is where rural Michigan meets the expanding metro — century-old farmhouses, 1970s-80s ranches on generous parcels, and newer subdivisions all in the same township. That range means every remodel here is genuinely its own project, and the larger lots make it good territory for additions.
Georgetown Township
Georgetown is Ottawa County's most populous township, centered on Jenison and served by the well-regarded Jenison schools, a short drive west of us. Two decades of rapid growth left a lot of newer subdivision homes that are solid but generic, plus older homes near the Grand River ready for their next chapter.
Grand Rapids
The city is the heart of what we do, and its neighborhoods are what make it interesting — Heritage Hill Victorians and Colonial Revivals dating to the late 1800s, Eastown and East Hills bungalows, and mid-century ranches across the southeast side. Each one calls for a different touch, from protecting period trim to opening up a cramped 1920s bungalow.
Grandville
Grandville, about ten minutes southwest and the city Nate calls home, offers small-town character within minutes of everything — established postwar neighborhoods and a walkable downtown along Chicago Drive. Most projects here are updates to well-kept mid-century homes: modernized kitchens, renovated baths, and additions for families choosing to grow in place.
Hudsonville
West of us in Ottawa County, Hudsonville pairs deep agricultural roots with top-ranked schools and a fast-growing, family-first character. Much of the recent growth came as production-built subdivisions that now need the custom finishes and functional upgrades that make them feel like the center of family life.
Kentwood
Kentwood grew fast and on its own terms, and today it is the most diverse district in the state, with housing to match — solid 1960s-90s ranches in Princeton Estates, affordable older homes in Mapleview, and the newer master-planned Bailey's Grove. For owners who love their neighborhood but have outgrown the house, we make Kentwood homes work for how families actually live now.
Lowell
About 15 miles east where the Flat River meets the Grand, Lowell has kept its own identity rather than dissolving into the metro — a walkable downtown, the historic Showboat, and homes worth investing in rather than leaving. The stock reads like the town's timeline, from late-Victorians near downtown to Craftsman bungalows to newer homes on acreage further out.
Rockford
Rockford sits on the Rogue River in northern Kent County, built around a walkable downtown, the dam, and the White Pine Trail — one of the most sought-after places to raise a family in the area. A downtown home and a five-acre township property both say "Rockford" but call for very different plans, and we build around the specific home.
Walker
Walker layers several generations of homes side by side, from the split-levels and ranches of the Standale district to 1970s-90s subdivisions near the 1,400-acre Millennium Park. Practical Walker homeowners want straightforward pricing and work that lasts — updated kitchens, renovated baths, and finished basements are our bread and butter here.
Wyoming
Wyoming is our home city — the office is right here on 36th Street — and the metro's second-largest, with more than 40% of homes dating to the 1940s-60s building boom. Those houses have solid bones but seventy-year-old floor plans: galley kitchens and small dated baths ready to open up, which is why Wyoming is one of our strongest remodeling markets.
What "Serving the Grand Rapids Area" Actually Means
Plenty of contractors list a dozen cities on a page. Here is what it actually takes to remodel well across a metro this varied, and how we handle it.
We Build Our Plan Around the House in Front of Us
West Michigan is not one housing market. A 1900s Craftsman in Heritage Hill, a post-war ranch in Wyoming, a builder-grade colonial in a new Caledonia subdivision, and a riverfront farmhouse in Lowell all carry different bones, different quirks, and different opportunities. We start every project by reading the actual home — its era, its layout, its mechanical systems — before we design a thing.
We Pull the Permits in the Right Jurisdiction
Our service area spans multiple building departments across Kent and Ottawa counties, and some communities — Comstock Park splits between Alpine and Plainfield Townships, Forest Hills straddles Ada and Cascade — are handled by more than one office. We know which department governs your address, we pull the permits, and we schedule every inspection with the correct authority.
The Process Doesn't Change With Your Address
Every homeowner on this page gets the same starting point: a complimentary in-home consultation where we measure your space, sketch options in real-time 3D, and give you an honest budget range before you commit to anything. Whether you are ten minutes from our Wyoming shop or a half-hour out toward Lowell or Rockford, the process, the pricing model, and the warranty do not change.
We Do Remodeling, and Only Remodeling
Thornapple is a renovation, addition, and whole-home remodeling company. We do not do new-home construction, roofing, foundations, or commercial work. That focus is deliberate — it is how we stay genuinely good at kitchens, bathrooms, basements, additions, and full-home transformations for the homeowners already living in these neighborhoods.
Every Service, Every Neighborhood
No matter which city you're in, the same Thornapple team handles your project — from the first design sketch to the final walkthrough.
Coverage Questions, Answered
No. Our pricing is built on a fixed-price contract scoped to your project, not your ZIP code. Whether you are ten minutes away or out toward Lowell or Rockford, the process, the warranty, and the pricing model are the same.
We do. Our service area covers multiple building departments across Kent and Ottawa counties, and we know which one governs your address, including split communities like Comstock Park and Forest Hills. We pull the permits and coordinate every inspection so you never have to.
Possibly. This page covers the communities where we work most often across the Grand Rapids metro, but our service area is broader. The fastest way to find out is a quick discovery call.
What if Remodeling Didn't Require Suffering?
It starts with a free discovery call — a quick phone conversation to discuss your project, get honest answers, and see if we're the right fit. No commitment. No pressure. Just clarity.
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